* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] EVENING, EVERYONE. UH, IT'S SIX 30 BY THE CLOCK ON THE WALL, SO WE'LL CALL IT. GOOD. UH, WELCOME EVERYONE FOR, UH, THE MEETING TONIGHT. THIS IS A REGULAR SESSION OF LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON, UH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE SECOND, 2026 AT, UH, 25 OH DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS. AND WE'LL BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH, UH, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCILMAN HANYA PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE JUSTICE. I HAVE A TEXAS ONE STATE, ONE INDIVISIBLE INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE, UH, GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. LET US PRAY. DEAR MOST HEAVEN, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY, A DAY THAT WE'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN. AND MOST 70 FATHER, JUST BE WITH US AS WE GET READY TO HAVE OUR MEETING ON TONIGHT. BLESS US. GIVE US KNOWLEDGE, STRENGTH, AND WISDOM TO MAKE THE POSITIVE DECISION FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE ALL LIVE IN. AND THEN MY 70 FATHER JUST BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OUR EMS AS THEY TAKE CARE OF US ON A DAILY BASIS. AND FOR OUR INES PRAYER HEAVEN. FATHER, JUST THANK YOU FOR BRADLEY SUPPORT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ON THE GREAT SEASON THAT THEY HAD ON THIS YEAR AS THEY WENT TO STATE. AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, NEXT [1. Proclamation – Brazosport Christian Eagles Football Day ] TIME ON AGENDA'S PRESENTATION. AND THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY CAME FOR, . SO IF THE TEAM WANTS TO ROLL IN, GRAB SOME PAPERWORK HERE, JUST SQUEEZ IN, GUYS. JUST GATHER AROUND FOR NOW AND THEN WE'LL, UH, WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FOR PICTURES HERE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION HERE. I'LL READ IT AND THEN, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT AND THEN, UH, COACHES CAN ADD SOME COMMENTS TO IT IF THEY'D LIKE. SO THIS IS, UH, PROCLAMATION I, GERALD ROSKI, BY VIRTUE VIRTUE AUTHORITY, UH, INVESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, DUBAI, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026 AS BRAFORD CHRISTIAN EAGLES FOOTBALL DAY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON. AND SO HERE'S THE WAREHOUSES, WHEREAS THE EAGLES CA A TRULY AMAZING YEAR IN THE 46 YEAR HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL, BUILT ON DECADES OF, UH, COMP COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVENESS, UH, PERSEVERANCE AND CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER SUCCESS. WHEREAS THE EAGLES 2025 PLAYOFF RUN INCLUDED WINS IN BI DISTRICT, REGIONAL, ROUND, AND STATE SEMI-FINAL, WHICH RB CS, ITS FIRST STATE SIM SEMIAL YEAH. CHAMPIONSHIP. OKAY. . ALL RIGHT. UH, FIRST EVER IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCE, WHEREAS THE EAGLES PLAYED IN THE T-A-P-P-S DIVISION THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINISHING AS STATE RUNNER UP ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2025, MARKING THE GREATEST SEASON IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY. AND WHEREAS THE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF THESE YOUNG MEN, ALONG WITH THE COACHING STAFF AND PARROTS, HAVE PROVEN TO BE A SOURCE OF ADMIRATION AND INSPIRATION TO THE CITIZENS OF LAKE JACKSON. WHEREAS THE 2025 FOOTBALL SEASON PROVED TO BE AN EXCITING, HARD FOUGHT AND SUCCESSFUL SEASON. AND THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON IS PROUD OF THE RECORD OF THE BCS EAGLE EAGLES FOOTBALL TEAM. NOW, [00:05:01] THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF LAKE JACKSON DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026 AS RAPORT CHRISTIAN EAGLES FOOTBALL DAY AND CITY OF LAKE JACKSON AND TESTIMONY, WHEREAS WITNESSED MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026. I PASS THESE OUT REAL QUICK. UH, ONE THING I WANNA SAY IS IT'S, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE GONNA REMEMBER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET OLD LIKE ME, OKAY, , I'M GONNA BE 69. I WAS ON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM OF BRAESWOOD, SO I WAS A CENTER, AND UH, THAT'S WHY HOBBLE AROUND A LOT. UH, I GOT BEAT UP, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST A BROTHERHOOD THAT YOU, YOU ESTABLISH. UM, AND WITH GREAT COACHING STAFF, WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A GREAT COACHING STAFF. I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVE GOT GREAT COACHING STAFF, A BUNCH OF, I GUESS KIND OF LIKE SECOND FATHERS, I GUESS, UH, PEOPLE, THE COACHES ARE USUALLY PEOPLE YOU CAN GO TO, UH, TO HELP YOU THROUGH, NOT ONLY WITH FOOTBALL, BUT ALSO WITH LIFE. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU GOT THE COACHES PLAY. SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, REMEMBER TODAY, BUT YOU'LL REMEMBER IT AND YOU'LL BE SITTING DOWN AND HAVING BREAKFAST WITH A BUNCH OF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, 50 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT YOUR SEASON WAS. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE, UH, MANY, MANY MORE SEASONS WHILE YOU STILL PLAY FOOTBALL. SO THIS IS TO COACH, UH, AUSTIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND BILLY, TIM. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. AND THIS IS COACH J. I HEARD REAL QUICK, GUYS, I'VE GOT THESE BY NUMBERS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BUTCHER NAMES. SO NUMBER ONE THERE WE NUMBER THREE AND 13 AND 25 AND 26. QUESTION, WHO ARE THE CENTERS WHO ARE NOT CENTERS? CENTERS DEEP? Y'ALL DO BOTH. DID THESE SNAPS? YEAH, WE DEEP SNAP. YEAH. OKAY. YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN . SO, UH, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S REALLY GOOD. UH, SO THAT PLAYED SIX MAN FOOTBALL, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PASSING, NOT A LOT OF RUNNING OR RUNNING PLAYS OR, NO, WE'RE BALANCED. WE, THAT ONE WHEN I PLAYED IT WAS WE PLAYED BEER, DEFENSE, OFFENSE. MM-HMM . AND SO IT'S VEER ONE AND VE TWO. WELL, THE CENTER IS ZERO, SO IT'S VEER ONE OFF OF HIS CHEEK OR BEER, TWO . AND, UH, THAT'S HOW WE RAN THE BALL. WE HAD KIND, OUR QUARTERBACK WAS REALLY SHORT, SO HE COULDN'T, HE HAD TROUBLE THROWING OVER OUR LINE. TALL. BUT AGAIN, GUYS, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE GONNA REMEMBER THIS. YOUR PARENTS ARE GONNA REMEMBER IT. YOUR COMMUNITY'S GONNA REMEMBER IT. YOUR SCHOOL'S GONNA REMEMBER IT AND STUFF. AND, UH, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT AND, AND, AND JUST ENJOY IT. AND I ALSO WANT TO EVERYBODY GIVE A APPLAUSE TO THE CHEERLEADERS THAT THEY, YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU C OF LAKE JACKSON FOR GIVING US A AMAZING HONOR. YOU KNOW, OUR BOYS, WE WORKED HARD [00:10:01] ALL SUMMER, ALL FALL, AND, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO GO TO THE TOP AND, AND, UM, IT DIDN'T PAN OUT THE WAY WE WANTED, BUT THE GUYS WORKED HARD ALL YEAR. THE COACHING STAFF, AMAZING COACHING STAFF, THE PARENTS, LIKE I TOLD 'EM, UM, THEY'RE REALLY INVOLVED AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED AS, AS FAR AS, UM, BUILDING A STRONG TEAM. YOU NEED THOSE PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED. SO I THANK YOU, YOU PARENTS FOR, UM, BEING ALONG WITH US THROUGH THIS RIDE. UM, TO THE SENIORS, MAN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, COMING ALONG ON THE RIDE WITH US. UH, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF . UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE AS WIDE JANKI NUMBER THREE. HE PLAYED CENTER, UH, THE FIRST THREE YEARS ON HIS HOUSE, . HE ENDED UP RUNNING THE FOOTBALL FORCES LAST YEAR. UH, KANE KNIGHT, NUMBER FOUR. UM, I LIKE ON THESE GUYS. HE END UP, UM, HAVING A SEASONING INJURY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT, UM, BUT CAME BACK AND BOWED AND PLAYED FOR THE LAST GAME. AND, UH, MR. HAYDEN BLACK NUMBER FIVE, LONG, THEY SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE, FOR THE PROGRAMING AND THE SKY LIMIT FOR ME NOW. SO, SO THANK YOU. UH, THANK THE CITY AND, UH, THE BCS BOARD, THE FAMILY, EVERYONE. THANK YOU GUYS. EAGLE FIGHT MEMBER. YOU GOT, MOST OF YOUR TEAM IS COMING BACK. OH YEAH. MOST THE TEAM COMING BACK. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE A NEXT, THAT'LL BE AN EXCITING YEAR NEXT YEAR. YES. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. VERY GOOD. AND, UH, WE'LL GATHER HERE PICTURES IF WE CAN. BEST WE CAN. I FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I'LL JUST HOLD BACK HERE. YOU, YEAH, RIGHT THERE YOU ARE. YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT SURE? ARE YOU GONNA GET SEPARATE? GET ONE JUST ABOUT? YEAH. WE GOTTA GET COACHES ON THE SIDE. YES, YES. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD. SCOOT UP JUST A BIT. THERE YOU GO. THAT WAY Y'ALL COME A LITTLE BIT FORWARD AND THIS SECOND ROW COME A LITTLE BIT FORWARD DOWN THERE. OH, SCOOT BACK. GO AHEAD. IF YOU CAN'T SEE ME, THEN I CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE. SO IF SOMEONE'S BLOCKING YOUR HEAD, YOU WANT TO CLIMB A WINDOW, RIGHT? IS THAT YOU'RE NOT AS TALL AS YOU THINK YOU ARE YOUNG. NO, I'M NOT. IT'S NOT. IT'S A PROBLEM. IT'S A MOUSE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. WHO'S BLOCKING, WHO'S BLOCKING YOUR VIEW? IF SOMEONE, I NEED YOU TO GET IN THE WINDOW. OKAY. OKAY. BACK UP A BIT. OKAY. Y'ALL LOOKING AT ME? HERE WE GO. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. IF SOMEONE'S BLOCKING YOUR HEAD, YOU'RE NOT IN THE SHOT. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. 1, 2, 3. HOLD ON, DON'T MOVE. THERE YOU GO. KEEP DOING THAT. I THINK ONE OF THOSE Y WANNA COME. JUST SIT, SIT ON THE, IN THE FRONT. THERE WE GO. SHIFT THIS WAY JUST A LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. WE GO. [00:15:02] ALRIGHT. ARE YOU DOING HANDS IN YOUR LAPS OR, HERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. SAME RULE APPLIES. IF YOU CAN'T SEE ME, I CAN'T SEE YOU, JUDGE. THERE WE GO. 1, 2, 1, 2. WANT FOR INSURANCE? THERE YOU GO. OKAY. STAY. I'M GET OUTTA YOUR WAY. DO THAT THING AGAIN. OH, THAT WAS A GOOD THING. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ONE ALRIGHT. VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RARELY DO WE HAVE AN OLYMPIANS IN THE CHAMBER. THAT'S RIGHT. AND HERE WE HAVE, THAT'S RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. OKAY. DO I HAVE? THANK YOU. ONE FELL OUT. SO I'M JUST PIECE OF PAPER. YOU NEED TO CUT IT BACK. YEAH, SURE. NEED TO READ. THANK Y'ALL. CLIFF. YES SIR. SORRY. THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY. SHOULD ME OUT MY BABIES? AIN'T NOBODY LEFT. WE GOT PARKING LOT. YOU CAN'T FIND OUT WHERE TO PARK. THAT'S, YEAH, I PARKED BEHIND THE DESK. DOUBLE PARK IT. GOLLY, LOOK AT THE CHAMBER. ALL RIGHT, JAMES. IT'S ALL YOU. LEAVE YOUR PAPERS ON THE CHAIR AND THEN AFTER Y'ALL LEAVE THEN IT WON'T BE ANYBODY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS FOR ME. NO, THEY'RE GONNA WATCH IT FROM THE LOBBY THERE. OH, I PLAYED CENTER IN SIXTH GRADE. IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. WELL [2. Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and Distinguished Budget Award ] I WAS GOING TO GO INTO A LONG SPEECH ABOUT WHAT THE AWARDS WERE, BUT, UM, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT IT IS OUR 30TH YEAR OF WINNING THE AUDIT AWARD FROM THE GFOA FOR, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTING EXCELLENCE AND OUR 34TH YEAR IN A ROW FOR THE BUDGET AWARD. AND YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR THEY GIVE YOU THAT LITTLE BUTTON THAT THEY ADD. AND I THINK THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH. SO I BOUGHT MY OWN TROPHY THIS YEAR. . OH, SO JUST WENT TO Y IT'S KIND OF DEVILISH LOOKING. IT'S, IT'S THE GOAT. THE GOAT, THE GOAT. GOAT. AND IF I'M THE GOAT. HOW MANY HORNS THOUGH? ? IT'S TWO. IT'S GOT A CROWN. OH, OKAY. AND IF, IF I'M THE GOAT, THIS IS MY KID 'CAUSE SHE'S MY PROTEGE. OH. SO I GOT HER A CROWN. OH WOW. I TOOK OFF, UM, BURGER KING QUEEN AND PUT BUDGET QUEEN. OH, OKAY. SO LEMME GIVE THIS TO ANNA FOR HER HELP IN THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. PUT IT ON. BUT YEAH, THIS IS THE BUDGET BOOK. THIS IS THE AUDIT BOOK. I SAID A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO IT. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, ANA? I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT BUDGET. OH YEAH. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, ALREADY STARTED ON THE NEXT BUDGET. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED. WE'VE GOT, I'VE GOT LAST YEAR'S HEAD GOING ON IN MY BRAIN. NEXT YEAR'S HEAD OR IN MY BRAIN AND THE CURRENT YEAR [00:20:01] AUDIT IN MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, A LOT GOING ON. BUT ANYWAY, I'M GLAD THAT WE GOT IT. GOTTA KEEP THIS THE, UM, STREAK ALIVE. 'CAUSE THE YEAR, I DON'T, I'M SURE MODESTO'S GONNA COME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR BECAUSE ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AND THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY ELSE GETS INTO IT. RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY EVEN FOR THE AUDIT. THE AUDIT, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME FOR JIM'S TEAM. I MEAN, JAMES'S TEAM, UH, TO GET DONE. YOU THE BUDGET IT TAKES ALL THE DIRECTORS, BUT, UH, ANNA IS INSTRUMENTAL, JAMES INSTRUMENTAL AND LAURA MARIE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT, UH, VERY NICE ABOUT THE COVER. BUT YEAH, EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AT WORK. UH, AND SO, UM, JAMES ICEBERG RECOGNIZING ANNA, THE ONLY THING IS I STILL WANT, JAMES IS NOT BEING EVALUATED ON GETTING THE AWARD. HE'S EVALUATED ON GETTING THE AUDIT DONE BY BY OF MARCH, MARCH 29TH THIS YEAR. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. AND WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD SO FAR. I GOT, WE'LL KEEP IT HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UH, EIGHT WEEKS FROM FRIDAY. BUT YEAH, NO, UM, VERY PLEASED. I WAS, HONESTLY, THEY KIND OF CAME IN AT THE SAME WEEK, SO THAT WAS KIND OF NICE. UM, SO AGAIN, 30 YEARS AND 34. WE KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT ITEM IS VISITOR COMMENTS. UH, IS THERE ANYONE THAT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDAS, EITHER CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA? NOT SEE ANYONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL CAN DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM, EITHER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULAR ITEM. DOES ANYONE NEED TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? NOT HEARING ANY. WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM IS [CONSENT AGENDA ] CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. UH, AS ANY MEMBER ON CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. NO. IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HANYA, A SECOND BY MR. BUELL. COUNCILMAN BUELL, CALL FOR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO [1. Discuss and consider hosting the November 11, 2026, Veterans Day Parade in Lake Jackson. – Gary Barnet] REGULAR AGENDA ITEM ONE, JUST STATUS AND CONSIDER THE HOSTING OF NOVEMBER 11TH, 2026. VETERAN DAY PARADE IN LAKE JACKSON. AND THIS IS GONNA BE MR. HASSEL. THANK YOU, SIR. AND COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN, AND LADIES. UH, MY NAME IS JOHN HASSEL AND I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE ZORA COUNTY VETERANS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS. AND I'M HERE TO ASK LAY JACKSON IF THEY WOULD GIVE US THE HONOR OF HOSTING OUR 28TH YEAR HERE IN LAY JACKSON. LAY JACKSON HAS HOSTED THE VETERANS DAY PARADE THREE TIMES, 2001, 2007. IN 2011. THIS VETERAN STATE PARADE GOES AROUND THE COUNTY AND ALLOWS EVERY COMMUNITY TO HONOR ITS VETERANS HERE IN LAKE JACKSON AND ALL THE VETERANS THAT COME IN FROM AROUND THE, THE COUNTY. UH, WITH THIS IN MIND, UH, WE FORM A HOST COMMITTEE TO, TO START THIS. WE HOST THE HOST COMMITTEE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM CITY COUNCIL, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. AND, UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, IF IT, IT GETS APPROVED, THEN I WILL APPROACH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND GET REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE THIS HOST COMMITTEE. THIS HOST COMMITTEE WILL MEET ONCE A MONTH FOR ONE HOUR, ONLY ONE HOUR. THAT'S IT. WE, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED. EVERYTHING'S ALREADY LINED UP. WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE. I WILL MEET WITH CITY, UH, THE HOST COMMITTEE EVERY MONTH UP UNTIL JULY. AND THEN IN JULY I WILL MEET, WE WILL BRING IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE. AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF THE VETERANS ORGANIZATION IN BOZO COUNTY. THEY SAID THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVES AND WE GO OVER EVERYTHING. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY GOT THIS? THIS, THESE COMMITTEES, THE HOST COMMITTEE AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME IN AND SIT DOWN, ASK QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS. ZORIA COUNTY, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, IT HAD 27,000 VETERANS IN ZORIA COUNTY. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, FOLKS, WE'RE DOWN TO 17,000. WE'RE DYING LITTLE BY LITTLE, BUT WE'RE DYING. BUT WE'RE ALSO GETTING NEW VETERANS THAT ARE COMING IN AND, [00:25:01] AND WE BASICALLY, WE WANT TO GREET 'EM. WE WANT TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US, SERVING OUR COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, AS A VIETNAM VETERAN, MYSELF AND THE TWO GENTLEMEN BEHIND ME AND ALL THE VETERANS THAT ARE IN THIS ORGANIZATION, IT, THIS IS ALL DONE VOLUNTARILY. NOBODY'S GETTING PAID NOTHING. THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME REPRESENT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 3 0 6 OUTER LAKE JACKSON. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKING. ALSO, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER NOW, NOVEMBER THE 11TH, THIS YEAR WILL FALL ON A WEDNESDAY. IN THE WEDNESDAY. AND WHAT WE DO ON THAT DAY, WE SET, WE SET UP A BREAKFAST FOR THE VETERANS. FREE OF CHARGE, FREE OF CHARGE. ALL WE NEED IS A FACILITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE IT. I GOT LADIES FROM, UH, THE VF, EXCUSE ME, FROM THE VFW POST SWEENEY HAS BEEN DOING BREAKFAST FOR THE VETERANS FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE GET IS DONATED OR GIVEN IN BEHALF OF THE, OF, UH, SPONSORS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP. THEY'RE, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME AND HELP IF THEY WANT TO HELP IN THE KITCHEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, THEY, THEY COME AND, AND HELP VETERANS THAT NEED HELP, YOU KNOW, HANDICAP AND ALL THAT. EVERYTHING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HOLD NOTHING BACK. WE DON'T DISCOURAGE ANY VETERANS FROM MATAGORDA COUNTY TO COME INTO OUR BRAZORIA COUNTY TO BE PART OF A PARADE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ONE. AND WE DON'T DISCOURAGE THE VETERANS FROM GALVESTON COUNTY TO COME AND BE PART OF BRAZORIA COUNTY. THEY HAVE COME, THEY, THEY JOIN IN THAT DAY. WE GOT VETERANS COMING IN FOR ROSENBERG, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY. THEY COME IN AND SEE HOW BRAZORIA COUNTY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY HAVING THIS VETERANS DAY PARADE FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS. UH, ANYTHING THAT WE RAISE, DONATE, OR WHATEVER'S GIVEN TO THE VETERANS ORGANIZATION WILL STAY HERE IN LAKE JACKSON FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 3 0 6. WE DON'T TAKE NOTHING WITH US. IF PEOPLE DONATE AND SPONSOR, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DON'T GET IT. AFTER IT'S ALL OVER. I'M NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY. I SAID, AND THE REASON I DO ALL THIS, ALL THESE YEARS, FOLKS, IS BECAUSE THE GOOD LORD CAME INTO MY DREAM ONE NIGHT AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE HIM A VETERANS, THEY PRAY. AND I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT VETERANS. THEY PRAY. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ORGANIZE IT. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO NOTHING. AND I SAID, I'M JUST A SIMPLE PERSON. HE SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY, AND I WILL OPEN THE DOORS. AND I HAVE, I HAVE GONE FROM BLAKE JACKSON TO FREEPORT, TO KLUT, TO JONES CREEK, TO DAMON, TO SWEENEY, TO BRAZORIA, TO DANBURY, TO ANGLETON, TO ALVIN, TO PARA LAND, MANVILLE. EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THIS PARADE MORE THAN ONCE. AND THE REASON I COME TO CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE EACH AND EVERY YEAR WHEN I GO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL, IT IS 'CAUSE I GOT NEW MAYORS, NEW CITY COUNCILMEN. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS GONNA COME TO YOU AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS. THAT'S WHY I WANT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW? AND I CANNOT APPROACH THE SCHOOL BOARD IF I DON'T HAVE THE CITY'S APPROVAL AND SUPPORT BEHIND ME. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE ON THAT DAY. AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OVER BY TWO 30 IN THE EVENING. BREAKFAST IS FROM SEVEN TO NINE. WE LINE UP THE PARADE KICKS OFF AT 11 O'CLOCK. IT ENDS AT 1230 AT ONE O'CLOCK. WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT LASTS ONE HOUR, AND WE'RE OUTTA HERE. WE'RE OUTTA HERE AND OUT LEE JACKSON BY TWO 30 IN THE EVENING. AND THAT GIVES AND STAY GIVES THAT GIVES EVERYBODY TIME TO GO BACK, BACK TO SCHOOL. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PARADE ROUTE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WE LEAVE THAT UP TO THE HOST COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHY I ASK FOR YOUR HELP. THIS IS, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA DECIDE WHICH WAY WE GO, YOU KNOW, AND HOW LONG YOU WANT IT. I USUALLY LIKE TO ASK FOR A MILE AND THREE TENTHS. ALL THE OTHER TOWNS IN THE COUNTY WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES DOWN HERE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP OUT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT WAY YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF HELP HERE. EACH AND EVERY YEAR. THAT'S HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE, ARE INVOLVED IN THIS ALSO. WE JUST FINISHED DOING, UH, COMMISSIONER ADAMS, ALVIN AND PARA LAND. I GOT A HOLD. THE COMMISSIONER, UH, ADAMS [00:30:01] AND MR. UH, MR. ADAMS, YOU'RE THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THAT HASN'T HOSTED THE PARADE, AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANNA KNOW WHY NOT. SO HE HOSTED LY AND ALVIN THE PAST TWO YEARS. SO NOW WE'RE COMING BACK THIS WAY, BUT WE DON'T TURN NOBODY DOWN. SO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, EACH AND EVERY VETERAN TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SO WE CAN HAVE A, HAVE A LIFE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THE WAY WE DO. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. VETERAN'S DAY WILL FALL ON A WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR. OKAY? ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HOST THE, UH, NOVEMBER 11TH, 2026, UH, VETERAN DAY PARADE IN LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS. SECOND. I WILL SECOND THEM, BUT, RIGHT. COUNSEL, COUNCILMAN. HE GOT IT. GOT SECOND. SORRY. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL WE'LL JUST GET IN TOUCH WITH, UH, DO YOU WANT HIM MAKE CONTACT WITH WHO? UM, MR. ROSS, IF YOU CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH ME, OKAY? MR. ER WILL, UH, MURANO WILL GET A CARD FOR YOU AND THEN WE'LL COORDINATE, UH, YES. STAFF FOR YOU. YEAH, IT'S, AND YOU, YOU GUYS SELECT WHO YOU WANT. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE DOOR'S ALWAYS OPEN. NOW MY NEXT PLACE IS I HAVE TO GO, I HAVE TO APPROACH THE SCHOOL BOARD OKAY. BECAUSE I WANT THE SCHOOL BOARD ON IT. IT, IT'S ALL A COMMUNITY THING, YOU KNOW? AND YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO COME IN AND SIT IN ANYTIME YOU WANT. IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL HAND OUT MY, MY NUMBER IN CASE THEY NEED TO GET A HOLD OF ME, YOU KNOW? AND WE THANK YOU. 3 0 6. ANY COMMENTS? NO, I'M, I'M GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GLAD TO HAVE IT BACK IN. GLAD TO HAVE THE PARADE BACK IN JACKSON. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A NICE DAY. GOD BLESS Y'ALL. OH, BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM TWO, [2. Discuss and consider approving Resolution No. 1003, ordering an election to be held on May 2, 2026, to elect the Mayor and Councilmember Positions Two and Four, and to submit proposed amendments to the Home Rule Charter. – Sherri Russell ] DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 0 0 3 ORDERING AND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 2ND, 2026. UH, TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN POSITIONS TWO AND FOUR AND TO SUBMIT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER. GOT A RESOLUTION. SHERRY, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT OR NOT? IT'S GOT YOUR NAME BESIDE IT. JUST EVERYONE KNOWS WHO'S RUNNING. AND, AND I BROUGHT YOU THE CHARTER QUESTIONS, UM, LAST TIME WE MET. SO YOU CAN SEE PROPOSITION ONE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE WORDING THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. JUST SIMPLE QUESTIONS. AND THEN THE EXPLANATION IS AN ATTACHMENT. AND THAT'LL BE POSTED NEAR BALLOT PLACES IN THE CITY HALL AND THINGS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THEY MEAN. WANNA READ THE RESOLUTION AGAIN? SURE. THIS IS A RESOLUTION ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON ON SATURDAY, MAY 2ND, 2026. FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON. AND TO SUBMIT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON HOME RULE CHARTER. ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM TWO, RESOLUTION 1 0 0 3. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 0 0 3, ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD MAY 2ND, 2026 WITH THE MAYOR COUNCIL POSITIONS TWO AND FOUR, AND TO SUBMIT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER. SECOND. OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SETH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR VOTE. ALL A FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ITEM [3. Discuss the collected data on decibel readings and noise complaints in the downtown area. – Chief Kibodeaux ] THREE, DISCUSSING, UH, THE COLLECTIVE DATA ON DECIBEL READINGS AND NOISE COMPLAINTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, CHIEF . ALRIGHT, SO LITTLE GRACE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE, UH, UNDERTAKEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UH, WE MADE AN EFFORT. UH, THERE IS SOME USEFUL INFORMATION. I, UH, UH, IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT I HAD HOPED, UH, IN THE INTERPRETATION. I REALLY WANTED, NOT JUST THE, THE READING LEVELS AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS. I WANTED JUST WHETHER YOU COULD HEAR IT OR NOT. UH, WE TRIED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE FIRST SET OF INFORMATION, YOU'LL SEE THE WORD AMBIENT AT THE LOCATIONS OF BOTH WHERE THE SOUND CROSSES, OYSTER CREEK DRIVE, UH, AND THE COMPLAINANT ADDRESS. THESE ARE THREE OF THE ADDRESSES WHERE WE'VE [00:35:01] HAD MOST OF THE, THE NOISE COMPLAINTS. UH, AND AGAIN, IT SAYS AMBIENT. WHAT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK A MEETING OF, UH, JUST THE SURROUNDING NOISE LEVEL. UH, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, CARS PASSING BY. IT, IT'S, UH, SURPRISINGLY, UH, NOISY, EVEN, EVEN LATE NIGHT. UH, AND WHAT YOU FIND IS A CONVERSATION LIKE AT THIS DISTANCE HERE, UH, IF IT WASN'T AMPLIFIED, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE 70 DECIBELS OR SO. UM, WE DID FIND A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE REMARKABLE, OF COURSE, LIKE WE BELIEVE THE LOWER TONES TEND TO CARRY FURTHER. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU HEAR IS FURTHER AWAY. UH, WE INCLUDED A LOT OF INFORMATION LIKE TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, WIND, THINGS LIKE THAT IN CASE SOMEONE WANTED TO COME IN BEHIND AND EVALUATE THAT FURTHER PAST WHAT WE KNOW. WE DO KNOW SOMETIMES THE CLOUD CEILING AND THINGS LIKE THAT DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. UH, BUT IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF OUR, UH, OUT OF OUR LEAGUE TO, TO MAKE TOO MANY DETERMINATIONS ABOUT THAT. SO AGAIN, THE GOAL WAS TO, UH, FIGURE OUT A LEVEL AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE SOUND IS PRODUCED THAT WE COULD SAY IS ACCEPTABLE. AND YOU CAN'T HEAR IT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE, WHERE WE WERE HAVING MOST OF OUR COMPLAINTS. WELL, ONE THINGS WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT WAS, YEAH, I MEAN, EVERYBODY WERE DRAWN TO THE SOUND LEVELS, BUT I WAS ALSO, UH, WAS NOTICING WAS THE TIMES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLAINTS STARTED AROUND EIGHT O'CLOCK AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER MIDNIGHT AND STUFF. SO I THINK ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE LOOKING AT IF WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING, DOING SOMETHING AROUND THE DECIBELS, BUT ALSO WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT TIME, UH, WHEN MUSIC CAN BE ALLOWED, UH, UH, OUTDOOR MUSIC, AMPLIFIED OUTDOOR MUSIC CAN BE ALLOWED AND STUFF. AND THAT IS A GOOD POINT BECAUSE IN RESEARCHING THE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE COMPLAINTS, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE PRETTY WILLING TO ACCEPT NOISE, UH, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY LIVE. YOU KNOW, CARS DRIVING BY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN TIME WHEN, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEEK, THAT YOU WANT THINGS TO BE QUIET, TO BE ABLE TO CALM DOWN, YOU KNOW, CALM DOWN AND BE PEACEFUL. AND, AND WE DID FIND THAT THEY TOLERATED IT TO A CERTAIN TIME, AND THEN ABOUT 8 30, 9 O'CLOCK, DEPENDING ON THE, THE, HOW LOUD IT WAS, THEN YOU START, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE CALLS. 'CAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING. 10, 10 30, 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, UH, TO CONTINUE TO HEAR THESE THINGS. SO AGAIN, THE TIME IS PART OF THE FACTOR. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR ADVERTISEMENT, THE DJ STARTED AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TYPICALLY, SO THAT'S WHEN IT RAMPS UP. MM-HMM . SO I HOPE IT'S USEFUL. UH, I, I, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, IT DIDN'T COME OUT EXACTLY, UH, LIKE I WANTED TO, UH, AND I THINK, UH, IT WAS A GOOD EXERCISE FOR US. I THINK WE WOULD BE, UH, A LITTLE MORE CLEAR NEXT TIME AROUND. BUT, BUT I DO THINK YOU CAN DRAW SOME INFORMATION WHERE, UH, YOU CAN START SEEING AT LOCATIONS WHERE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, MODERATE OR, OR SOFT MUSIC CAN BE HEARD. AND IT'S USUALLY AS IT GETS PAST THE 80 DECIMAL, REALLY INTO THE SEVENTIES, YOU CAN HEAR IT A LITTLE BIT. UM, AND LIKE YOU SAID AT THE LOCATION IS THE, IS THE BASE REALLY CARRIES? YOU CAN SEE THAT? YEAH. YEAH. THERE'S NOT MUCH DROP OFF. IT'S INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE BASE COMPARED IT TO THE, UH, OTHER TOS, HIGHER TOS. WHAT, WHAT WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT WAS MEASURED AT THE SOURCE? UM, YOU COULD SEE THERE'S SOME THAT WERE 101 DECIBELS. UH, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE 10TH OF JANUARY FROM THE LOCATION ONE WAS 99, 1 WAS 1 0 1 FROM THE PERIMETER FROM THE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY AREA. AND THEN YOU COULD SEE, UH, ITS MUSIC, MODERATE, UH, MODERATE MUSIC. AND AT ONE LOCATION, SOFT MUSIC COULD BE HEARD AT THAT LOCATION. OKAY. BUT THAT, THAT WAS JUST OUTSIDE THOSE TWO FACILITIES. SO YES, THEY WERE MEASURED, UH, AT, AT EACH TIME PERIOD, AT THOSE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS WHERE WE'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS. OKAY. THE BACKYARD IN BODEGA, AND THEN AT THREE SEPARATE ADDRESSES. SO AT EACH TIMEFRAME THEY TOOK SIX MEASUREMENTS, IF YOU WILL. OKAY. UH, ONE AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE SOURCE ONE AS IN A DIRECT LINE WHERE IT CROSSES OYSTER CREEK DRIVE, AND THEN THE THIRD MEASUREMENT AT THE PARTICULAR HOUSE AT THAT LOCATION, AND CHIEF DOESN'T. SO REALLY THE QUESTION I I WAS THINKING OF WAS, WHAT WAS THE HIGHEST DECIBEL IN [00:40:01] A RESIDENTIAL AREA? SO THERE BECOMES THE CONFUSION BECAUSE WHEN THEY MEASURED IT, FOR INSTANCE, YOU COULD SEE IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS WHERE IT WAS MODERATE MUSIC AND THEY MEASURED AN 80, A 61. THAT'S LESS THAN YOU AND I SITTING HERE TALKING. EXACTLY. BUT WAS THAT A CAR DRIVING BY? WAS THAT, UH, THE SOUNDS BIRDS, WHAT, WHATEVER? UH, AND IT, IT, IT MEASURES, IT PICKS IT UP. AND IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE SURPRISING HOW SIMILAR THOSE MEASUREMENTS WERE, BUT, UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY. WELL, I GUESS I GUESS MY POINT WAS, IF IF IT'S ONLY 70 OR 80 DECIBELS OUTSIDE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THAT'S, THAT'S NORMALLY ABOUT HOW LOUD PEOPLE TALK MM-HMM . AND SO IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS SO DISTURBING TO SOMEBODY INSIDE THE HOUSE. THAT IS TRUE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAXIMUM READINGS, THEY'RE NOT REALLY HIGH, UH, LET'S SAY AT THE COMPLAINING LOCATION. UH, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S UH, IT'S AN UNUSUAL SOUND. IT'S SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. AND, AND I REALLY THINK IT'S THAT BASE. THAT'S WHAT WE KEEP GETTING AND COMPLAIN, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER IS IS THAT BOOM BOOM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUND WAVES. SO THERE'S ONE THING IS WHAT WE HEAR SOUND, BUT THERE'S THE ACTUAL WAVE. AND SO THERE IS, WITH THE BASE, YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAVE. AND THAT I THINK THAT IT MAY NOT BE THE VOLUME OF THE SOUND, IT'S THE IMPACT OF THAT BASE COMING INTO THE HOUSE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S IRRITATING. IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER, SOMETIMES WHEN THE FLARES ARE GOING OFF A DOW I DON'T SEE IT, I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING, BUT I CAN FEEL THE RUMBLE, YOU KNOW, IN TIMBER CREEK. YEAH. THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY PUT THOSE TYPE OF DEVICES ON THE PATROL CARS. 'CAUSE THE, THE SIRENS ARE SUCH A HIGH PITCH. WE ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT WE CALL RUMBLERS. RIGHT. SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THAT, THAT SOUND A LITTLE BIT THAT. AND, AND AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME ASLEEP, YOU MAY HEAR BIRDS, YOU MAY HEAR A CAR GO BY, BUT THIS IS CONSTANT, CONSTANT. AND THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF IT. YEAH. IT'S JUST CONSTANT. SO THE RESIDENT AT, I BELIEVE THE 1 33 MISS MISSILE TOE, I WENT TO HER HOUSE. SHE CALLED ME ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT COMPLAINING. I WENT TO HER HOUSE, SHE SAID, COME INTO MY BACKYARD. SO I WENT INTO HER BACKYARD, I COULD HEAR THE LYRICS TO THE MUSIC. MM-HMM. SO PD CAME BODY CAM, HE ALSO COULD HEAR THE LYRICS TO THE MUSIC. MY CONCERN ABOUT ALL THIS, AND I, I LOVE HAVING THE DATA, BUT PEOPLE, AND, AND THE OTHER THING I DID IS I DROVE IN FRONT OF BACKYARD FIRST IN THAT AREA, AND I MEASURED, AND SO FROM THERE TO HER HOUSE WAS 0.7 MILES. SO MESQUITE, I BELIEVE WAS A LITTLE FURTHER, PROBABLY A FULL MILE. IT BOTHERS ME THAT RESIDENCE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE HEARING THIS MUSIC AT ALL. YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S ACROSS A BUSY THOROUGHFARE, FOREST CREEK DRIVE. AND THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR HI MEAN, LIKE THIS ONE LADY, SHE SAID, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 25 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING. SHE GOES, I'M SO SICK OF LISTENING TO THIS MUSIC. SHE SAID, IT'S TRASHY MUSIC, IT'S OFFENSIVE. UM, AND IT'S CONSTANT. AND AGAIN, I OPENED MY WINDOW WHEN I CROSSED GEORGE CREEK DRIVE, AND I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AT GEORGE CREEK DRIVE, WHICH WAS WEIRD. BUT WHEN I GOT TO HER HOUSE AND WENT TO HER BACKYARD, UM, I COULD HEAR THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS. YEAH. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND THE SOUND SOURCE THAT CAN ABSORB THE SOUND AND STUFF. SO THAT'S, AND WATER IS DIFFERENT. ALSO, SOMETIMES I HEAR BASS AT MY HOUSE AND I LIVE NEAR BERRY ACROSS FROM THE OCEAN CREEK. RIGHT. SO I CAN HEAR IT AT NIGHT. JUST, JUST THE THUMP ZONE, YOU KNOW, THE BASE, NOT USUALLY. AND THE OTHER THING THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THE WHOLE THING IS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE. THE OWNERS OF BOTH ESTABLISHMENTS WERE HERE. WE, WE ASKED THEM TO PLEASE SELF-REGULATE. RIGHT? THE DAY SHE CALLED ME, WE HAD COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, SHE WAS CALLING ME ON THURSDAY, AND THAT MUSIC WAS BLARING. SO SELF-REGULATION APPARENTLY IS NOT AN OPTION. AND, UM, I FEEL BAD FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. SO SINCE WE'VE TAKEN SOME STEPS WITH PD AND STUFF, AND IS IT, AND SO EXPLAIN REAL BRIEFLY WHAT THOSE STEPS HAVE BEEN, AND DO YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE, WE'VE SEEN SOME POSITIVE OUT OF IT, OR, YEAH, SURE. SO WE, YEAH. IN DISCUSSION, THE ORDINANCE, UH, AS A SOLUTION IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ALWAYS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE UNDER THE CURRENT STATE LAW. UH, BASICALLY [00:45:01] IF IT'S A NUISANCE TO THEM, UH, AND, AND THEY, WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT, ESPECIALLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. UH, THEN WE TOOK A VERY STRUCTURED APPROACH IS WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU THE FIRST TIME WE COME OUT, ASK YOU TO TURN IT DOWN AND, AND LOOK AT IT AS IT'S A VIOLATION. UH, THE SECOND TIME WE WENT OUT, WE WOULD ISSUE A CITATION, AND THEN THE THIRD TIME, IF WE HAD TO, AND IT HAS NOT COME TO THAT, AND WE'RE GLAD ABOUT IT, THAT WE WOULD JUST IN INSTANT OR SOMEBODY, UH, FOR THE THIRD VIOLATION IN SINGLE NIGHT. UH, WHAT YOU FOUND IN, IN THE HISTORY OF THIS IS THAT IT, IT WAS LIKE STARTING OVER EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE WE WOULD CALL, WE WOULD GO BY AND ASK THEM, AND THEY WERE ALWAYS COOPERATIVE AND TURNING IT DOWN. SOMETIMES WE'D GO BACK A SECOND TIME THAT THAT WAS, UH, BUT THEN TOMORROW YOU COULD BET THAT WE WERE GONNA BE THERE, THAT THE DATA SUPPORTS THAT. UM, AND SO THIS WAS PASSED THE STATE LAW, WHICH AGAIN, A DEV ADOPT AN ORDINANCE, BUT THE STATE LAW STILL EXISTS. AND WE COULD ALWAYS OPERATE OFF OF THAT. WE COULD SET A STANDARD OF 50 DECIBELS AT THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, BOUNDARIES. AND IF SOMEBODY CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN, HEY, LOOK, I CAN STILL HEAR IT AND IT'S BOTHERING ME, THEN THAT COULD JUST STILL BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF THAT STATE LAW. I THINK IT'S AMPLIFIED WITH THE BASS IS THE PROBLEM, NOT ACTUALLY THE MUSIC, BECAUSE THE MUSIC DOES NOT TRAVEL AS FAR AS THE BASS AND THE, UH, JUST THAT THAT GIRL WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAVES ARE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT'S, UH, YEAH, IT DEPENDS, LIKE RON WAS SAYING WAS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE WAS OUT THERE THAT NIGHT, IT WAS, YOU COULD DEFINITELY HEAR THE, THE WHAT WAS BEING SUNG. SO IT'S, IT JUST DEPENDS. AND, AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GOOD. I'VE HEARD IT MYSELF. UH, I MEAN, THE WHOLE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT FINDING A WAY WHERE BOTH SIDES WIN. AND THAT'S THE DATA COLLECTION IS, IS IF WE COULD FIND, UH, THAT POINT AND, AND THAT WAS THE GOAL WHERE THEY JUST DON'T HEAR IT ON THE OTHER SIDE. UH, BUT THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO CONSIDERATION, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, SOME OF THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES DOWN THERE, ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T COME OUT AND COMPLAIN REGULARLY, UH, IT'S A NUISANCE TO THEM AS WELL. AND HOW MUCH TIME? AND SO ONE TURNS IT UP 'CAUSE THE OTHER ONE TURNS IT UP AND WE GO BACK AND FORTH. RIGHT. AND, AND JUST LOOKING AT THIS CALL SHEET, MUCH LESS THE CALL SHEET THAT CAME BEFORE, HOW MUCH TIME ARE, ARE OUR OFFICERS HAVING TO SPEND EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE MUSIC E EVEN IF THEY'RE JUST GOING THERE ONCE A NIGHT, THAT'S TOO MUCH. I MEAN, I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD GO TO A BUSINESS MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE IN A YEAR, MAYBE. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING. SO WE'RE SPENDING A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON TWO PROBLEMS. YEAH. THE, UH, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN APPROACH IT, I GUESS. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO THE EXTREME WHERE WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES AND ASKED THEM HOW THEY ADDRESS IT. AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S SIMPLE IS WE DON'T ALLOW IT. NO AMPLIFIED CONSENT, NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC, OUTDOOR MUSIC. AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY'VE HANDLED IT. SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION THAT WE CAN GO TO. UH, WE TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY PERSONAL FEELING IS, IS THAT IF WE'RE GONNA ALLOW IT, IT'S ONCE I'M WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK AT THE LOUDEST THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THE MUSIC COMING FROM ANOTHER BUSINESS IS AT THE LEVEL YOU WOULD HAVE IN AN ELEVATOR. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S NOT, AND ANYTHING BEYOND THAT IS YOU'RE STARTING TO INVADE INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES, OTHER BUSINESSES OR WHATEVER. UH, SO, UM, I MEAN, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIGGER CHALLENGE IF WE HAD A MORE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT STAYED OPEN LATER DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF 'EM DON'T. SO THEY, BUT, UH, UM, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS IT. I MEAN, LIKE WE SAID, WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO WITH WHAT, UH, THE CHIEF IS WORKING WITH USING THE STATE LAW. UH, OR WE CAN, UH, TAKE IT FURTHER AND, AND WELL BEEF IT UP. I, I, I LIVE IN THE AREA AND, UH, I, I DO HEAR THE MUSIC AND, UH, IT DID SLOW DOWN WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, EQUIPMENT FROM, FROM, UH, UH, THE SCHOOL. IT, IT DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE IT HAD THE BIG EYE IN THE SKY WATCHING THEM. AND IT WENT DOWN. ONCE THAT WENT AWAY, THEN THE MUSIC STARTED COMING BACK. SO IT'S COMING BACK AND WE'RE GONNA START HAVING THE PROBLEMS ALL OVER AGAIN. SO GRADUALLY THE MUSIC IS JUST GRADUALLY GOING UP AND UP AND UP AGAIN, BACK, LIKE IT WAS, I DID NOTICE THE LIGHTS WERE BACK ON THERE. IT, IT, IT WENT DOWN. THE NUMBERS PROBABLY WENT DOWN BECAUSE WE HAD OUR SECURITY THERE AND OUR EQUIPMENT THERE WHILE WE WAS DOING OUR EVALUATIONS. AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE DIDN'T GET [00:50:02] THE TRUE READINGS MAYBE. UH, AND NOW THAT THAT EQUIPMENT HAS MOVED ON AND IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE, IT'S PICKING BACK UP WHAT, WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST. AND IT'S STARTING TO GET LOUDER BECAUSE THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS IN THE BEDROOM AND, AND IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME THAT MUCH, BUT THE OTHER NIGHT IT GOT REAL LOUD WITH THE TV ON IN THE BEDROOM. WE USED TO RIDE A HARLEY ALL THE TIME. YEAH. , ARE YOU HAVING TO BRING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO MONITOR THIS OR HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS? I DID TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE READINGS THE WAY WE WANTED TO GET 'EM. I DID, UH, FOR THAT TEMPORARY TIMEFRAME. BUT, BUT CERTAINLY LIKED WE DID THE READINGS. WE DID THE READINGS WHEN WE HAD THE, THE SECURITY THERE. AND THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE IT A FULL BLAST IN BECAUSE WE HAD ALL THE SECURITY FOR CARSON DURING THAT TIME. WHEN DID THE CAMERAS COME DOWN? YOU REMEMBER? I THOUGHT IT WAS, I DOUBT, RIGHT. I I REALLY THINK THE, IT BACKED OFF MAINLY BECAUSE, UH, THEY KIND OF CROSSED THE LINE A COUPLE OF TIMES. VERY. YEAH, I KNOW. I I THINK IT BACKED IT A LOT WHENEVER YOU CALLED THEM. YOU YEAH, WE, WE TOOK ACTION OFF. SO, YEAH. AND, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT WHEN THAT ENFORCEMENT GOT STRICTER, UH, THEN IT WENT AWAY. BUT THAT'S NOT A, A GREAT LONG-TERM SOLUTION. BUT I, I JUST LIKE THE TIERED APPROACH BECAUSE REALLY, UH, ESPECIALLY IF I LIVED AROUND THERE, I CAN TOLERATE SOME, 'CAUSE WE DO TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BUT, UH, LEARNING FROM SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE A, A BLANK CUTOFF TIME, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO START WITH CUT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY. NO AMPLIFIED OUTDOOR SOUND. IT'S A NICE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT IF IT'S NOT PAST 10 O'CLOCK AND IT'S NEVER PAST, UH, YOU KNOW, SO MANY, THE, THE LEVEL OF US HAVING A CONVERSATION RIGHT HERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 70. UH, AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PULL THAT BACK. OR IF IT'S WORKING FINE, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ANYMORE. REMEMBER THERE'S A BRAND NEW STATE LAW THAT RESTRICTS US. RIGHT. SO OF WHAT TIMES WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH. THE PRO, THEY SAID WE CAN'T PROHIBIT IT IF THEY TURN IT OFF AT 10 OR 11, DEPENDING ON WHAT NIGHT IT IS. AND, UM, IT DOESN'T EXCEED 70 OR 75 FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE, FROM THEIR PERIMETER EXCLUDING TRAFFIC AND OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE. SO WE HAVE OUR LIMITS, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN WORK WITH. BUT CAN WE, CAN'T WE NOT ALLOW IT AT ALL? NO. LIKE SOME OF THE CITIES DO. THEY, THEY PASSED IT BEFORE 2025. THIS, THIS WAS SEPTEMBER OF 2025. SO WHAT WE CAN DO, THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC PAST 10 O'CLOCK ON, I GUESS SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MM-HMM . AND THEN PASS 11 O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY MM-HMM . IS THAT CORRECT? THIS RIGHT. SO YOU SAID 70, 75, IS IT 74, 70 DBA OR 75 DBC AT THEIR PROPERTY LINES, WHICH IS AT THEIR PROPERTY, CORRECT. YES. OKAY. SO WE, WHICH WOULD, SO WE COULD PASS AN ORDINANCE WITH THOSE SPECIFICS NOW, WHICH WOULD, UM, I MEAN IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHIEF'S DATA, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE ARE MEASURING AROUND THE SEVENTIES, IT DOES SEEM THAT IT'S SHOWING AT THE OTHER RESIDENTS IT'S SOFT OR NON-EXISTENT. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT COULD BE A BIG HELP. YEAH. AND THEN EVEN IF WE GOING PAST THIS, IF YOU GET A COMPLAINT AS, AND IT BECOMES A NUISANCE, YOU CAN STILL, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO HANDLE A NUISANCE. WE DO. SO THEY CAN STILL BE MEETING THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT IF, IF IT'S DEFINED AS A NUISANCE, WE'LL GO, WE WILL USE THE NU NUISANCE ORDINANCE BASICALLY. RIGHT. OKAY. DO YOU THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, BOTH OF THE, UH, FACILITIES IN QUESTION OR IS IT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER? NO, IT SHOWS ON THERE. WHICH ONE THEN? IT'S BOTH OF THEM. YEAH. MM-HMM . YEAH. THE WEEKEND AFTER WE HAD OUR COUNCIL MEETING, THEY BASICALLY HAD A DUELING DJS, UH, AND WELL, IT WASN'T EVEN THE WEEKEND. IT WAS LIKE THREE DAYS LATER. YEAH. YEAH. UH, THEY EVEN ADMITTED THAT IN THEIR PRESENTATION. YEAH, I KNOW. YEAH. THEY, ANYWAY, SO IT'S MM-HMM . BUT YEAH, I THINK IF WE TAKE IT, IF WE, IF WE NEED TO DO AN ORDINANCE, LET'S DO THE ORDINANCE THOUGH, COINCIDE WITH THE STATE AND THEN, UH, CONTINUE TO DO LIKE WE WERE DOING, UH, LIKE YOU'RE DOING NOW, IS IS THAT IF IT BECOMES A NUISANCE, THEN WE'LL HANDLE THIS A NUISANCE AND SEE, SEE HOW IT GOES. AND IF WE TAKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE ANY FURTHER STENTS, BUT I THINK IT SOUNDS SHERRY'S TELLING US THAT'S THE BEST FAR AS WE CAN GO. YEAH. AND I WAS JUST TO ADD, ONE OF THE PLUSES TO THAT IS THAT WE CAN BE MORE PROACTIVE IF WE HAVE THAT LEVEL. AND WE HAVE NOW THE INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL IT'S DISTURBING SOME RIGHT. TO GO IN AND SAY, HERE'S YOUR WARNING, TURN IT DOWN, HERE'S YOUR CITATION. AND [00:55:01] THE CHIEF ALSO HAS, UM, A QUOTE, YOU KNOW, FOR A CAMERA FOR DOWNTOWN. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, IMPLEMENTING THAT IN THE AREA. AND THAT'S FOR SECURITY IN GENERAL? YES. YEP. OKAY. AND WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT DID WE PURCHASE FOR THE, UH, METERS? ME, THE, WHAT KIND OF METERS DID WE, IT WAS A ANSI APPROVED, UH, DECIMAL METER. IS THAT AS A CITY USED AS OPPOSED TO JUST USING YOUR PHONE AS A CITY? USED THOSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T FIND REALLY, UH, A CHALLENGE TO THAT. UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS CASE WAS ACCEPTED OR NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE YOU USED YOUR PHONE VERSUS THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WE WENT WITH A KIND OF A MIDDLE PRICE. UH, AGAIN, ANSI DOES SET STANDARDS FOR A LOT OF OTHER, IT'S INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS. INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS. IT'S USED IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AND ALSO IN THE CHEMICAL PLANTS. SO WE USE THAT. IT WOULD HOLD UP IN COURT. YEAH. WE, WE WOULD START THERE AND IF IT DIDN'T WORK, WE'D KNOW IT BECAUSE THEY CHALLENGE. YEAH. SO IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS EQUIPMENT CALIBRATED CERTAIN FREQUENCY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT, IT COMES, IT'S GOT AN INTERNAL CALIBRATION. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT IT. SO, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. SO WE'LL SEE. OKAY. WE PUT A OF A GOOD EFFORT INTO BEING FAIR AND GETTING SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE. ALRIGHT. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE OKAY WITH, UH, MS. RUSSELL DRAFTING A COORDINATE THAT THANK YOU FOR WHAT THE STATE LAW IS NOW AND, UH, INCLUDING TIME STAYS, DECIBELS. YEAH. ALL THE DETAILS NOT TO EXCEED STATE LEVEL. WELL, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN ORDINANCE? UH, I MEAN, STATE LAW'S ALREADY PASS, SO, BUT THAT'S LIKE A MINIMUM. SO IT, IT'S NOT A STATE LAW. IT SAYS CITIES CANNOT REGULATE THESE TWO, TWO THINGS. SO IT'S, IT'S LETTING US REGULATE. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PASS AN ORDER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS MORE HOME RULE IS THE STAKE CAN TELL US WHAT WE CAN SEE BEFORE YOU LEAVE. ONE OTHER QUESTION, UH, HAVE, HAVE YOU GOT WITH THE TWO BUSINESS OWNERS SINCE WE CAME UP WITH THESE FOUNDERS AND HAVE YOU HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT SOME OF OUR FOUNDINGS ARE YOU NO, NOT UNTIL WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION KIND OF FIGURED. ARE YOU GONNA FOLLOW UP AND GO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM? UH, UH, WE ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IT OR IT IS NOT ON THE TABLE? UH, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HURT, SIR. UH, I REALLY EXPECTED THAT THEY'D BE HERE BECAUSE THE LAST TIME YEAH, I, I WAS TOO, BUT I, I WAS JUST THINKING, UH, UH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING TO SEE WHEN THIS CAME BACK UP, BUT NO, I MEAN, AND MAYBE BE A NICE FOLLOW UP TO, WELL MAYBE THEY'LL COME WHENEVER WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION AFTER THE LAST MEETING, SO WE'LL SEE. YEAH. DIDN'T GO VERY FAR. MAKE, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UM, BEFORE HE GETS ON THE NEXT AGENDA, WE'LL UH, PROVIDE THEM THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, THE FIRST SERGEANT AND INVITE THEM TO THE MEETING. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOLKS? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. SO WE'VE GIVEN DIRECTION TO CITY ATTORNEY. ALRIGHT, WE'LL [4. Discuss and consider the summary of recommendations from the Traffic Engineer for Intersection Control at Plantation Drive and Sycamore Street. – Nicholle Wilson ] MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSING CONSIDER A SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UH, FOR AN INTERSECTION CONTROL, UH, AT PLANTATION DRIVE AND SYCAMORE, NICOLE. AYE. AYE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, THIS ITEM, WE HAD ONE OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS COME DOWN AFTER BARREL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ONCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT GOT DONE, THEY HAD, UH, WE HAD A TRAFFIC ENGINEER COME OUT AND DO TRAFFIC COUNTS, CRASH INFORMATION, TRY TO SEE IF IT WARRANTED ANOTHER SIGNAL. UM, THEIR FINDINGS WERE THAT IT DID NOT. UM, AND THEY GAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR WAYS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE VISIBILITY IN THE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT LIKE PAGE, THERE'S A FIGURE. UM, AND THE THOUGHT IS KEEP IT FOUR WAY STOP CONTROLLED WITH, UM, SOME IMPROVEMENTS MEANING FLASHING. SO IT'S VISIBLE BECAUSE THAT CENTER LANE HAS A STOP SIGN AND THAT'S NOT, UM, A, IT'S NOT TYPICAL FOR AN M-U-T-C-V STANDARD. SO YOU WOULD HAVE ONE ON THE EXTERIOR LANES AND THEN LIKE A STOP AHEAD WARNING SIGN. UM, SO THEY'RE RECOMMENDING WE DO THOSE. THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE FLASHING STOPLIGHTS INSIDE THE PACKET. UM, AND THEN REVAMP THE STRIPING TO MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE FOR NIGHTTIME DRIVING. UH, THEIR MEMO ALSO PROVIDED THE COST TO REPLACE IT WITH A SIGNAL INTERSECTION, UM, FOR A FOUR-WAY SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION OF AS A ABOUT A HALF A MILLION. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 30,000 FOR STRIPING [01:00:01] AND SIGNAGE, HALF A MILLION FOR A NEW MA ARM WITH LIGHTS. UM, AND SO SINCE IT'S NOT WARRANTED BASED ON THE M-E-T-C-B STANDARDS, THERE'S A CHART BASICALLY THAT GOES LIKE THIS AND WE'RE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE WITH OUR XS NOT ABOVE THE LINE. SO, UM, THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THEY MADE AND WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS IT. WE, YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN, WHAT I RECALL HAS ONLY BEEN TOLD IS THAT, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN A, UH, TRAFFIC LIGHT AT A INTERSECTION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WARRANTS IT BEFORE WE CAN DO IT. BUT THIS HAD AN EXISTING, SO IS IT KIND OF A DIFFERENT STORY SHERRY, OR DIDN'T WE, I MEAN WE DID A STUDY AND THE STUDY STUDY DOESN'T SUPPORT IT. NOW THE STUDY SUPPORTS THE FLASHING STOP INSTEAD. YEAH. IT DOESN'T SUPPORT THE, THE, AND HEARING SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS A FEEDER LANE INTO DOUBT BEFORE THE HIGHLIGHTS TRAFFIC CHANGED. IT PROBABLY SUPPORTED BECAUSE THERE WAS A BUSY THEIER BECAUSE IT WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE PLANT. EXACTLY. AND WAS A CONTRACT GATE THAT LED STRAIGHT IN DOWN SYCAMORE, STRAIGHT INTO THE PLANT. AND IT WAS A CUT THROUGH AND IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT FREEWAY RIGHT THERE THAT THAT WAS BLOCKED OFF. IT'S BLOCKED OFF NOW. YEAH, GO STRAIGHT. THE THEATERS THERE AND THERE'S NO WAY ACROSS ANYMORE. SO WAS THERE, WAS THERE AN INTERSECTION THERE ON TWO OF, THERE WASN'T AN INTER, UH, MR. RI, I MEAN , MR. HISTORIAN WAS THIS PROB THIS WAS PROBABLY, I'M GONNA GUESS THAT WAS IT THE DIRT ROAD STOP THIS WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO, THERE PROBABLY WASN'T OF COURSE STUDY IT WAS. NO, IT WASN'T REALLY STUDIED, BUT IT WAS THE MAIN, IT WAS A HIGHWAY ROAD. IT WAS THE HIGHWAY THAT WAS, THAT WAS SERVING, UH, THAT CONNECTED, UH, LAKE JACKSON WITH KLU BEFORE 3, 3, 2 GOT IN. SO, UH, YES, SOMEBODY HAD, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU TALKING ABOUT PLANTATIONS, THE REASON THAT BEING SYCAMORE BEING THE MAIN ENTRANCE DO THAT WAS A, A FAIRLY TRAFFICKED, UH, CONDITION THERE. THEY DECIDED TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF CONTROL, WHICH WAS PROBABLY, UH, AT THAT TIME HAD YOU RUN THE STUDY, IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE MET THAT CONDITION. SO THIS, DURING SCHOOL TIME, THERE IS NO TRAFFIC BACK UP BECAUSE OF STOP SIGNS VERSUS THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE NOTICED. I DON'T THINK THE POLICE, UH, I GUESS THE ALREADY, IT'S NOT MUCH TRAFFIC. NO, IT HAS NOT. UH, IT'S NOT BEEN A PROBLEM BE I WAS A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER THERE AND THERE WAS TERRIBLE TRAFFIC, BUT NOW THERE'S BARELY ANY TRAFFIC THAT'S RIGHT DOWN IN SYCAMORE. SYCAMORE IS SO, I MEAN, PLANTATION. I'M SORRY. PLANTATION IS DEAD. SO THE ONLY CONCERN, THE ONLY QUESTION I'VE GOT IS IF YOU GO TO STOP SIGNS IS WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THE LEFT HAND TURN? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A STOP SIGN STICKING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. UM, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REMOVE THAT STOP SIGN. BUT SO YOU JUST HAVE 'EM ON THE CORNERS. THE, UM, 18 BY 24 CROSSWALK HATCHES. RIGHT. IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO LIKE THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE HIGH VISIBILITY PAINT, LIKE BY THE C CENTER OR I KNOW CINDY AND ERIC HAVE DONE SOME OTHER ONES. YEAH. YOU'RE LIVING, SO THAT KIND OF BREAKS UP THE YEAH. AND JUST LIKE ALL, ALL ALL FOUR WAY STOP SIGNS. YOU LEAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE'S, UH, I GUESS BEHAVIOR. AND IT HAS ALWAYS WORKED. IT'S, IT IS WORKED IN, UH, IN OTHER LOCATIONS, NOT ONLY HERE. SO I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEAR AND HALF, HALF. YOU'RE GONNA BE HONOR SYSTEM. YEAH. AND THE HONOR SYSTEM SEEMS TO WORK WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU HEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR SOME COMPLAINTS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE BLOWING THROUGH THE STOP SIGNS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY. THEY'RE GONNA BLOW THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHTS. LIGHTS, YEAH. TRAFFIC LIGHTS. LIKE I KEEP FROM GETTING MAYOR, YOUR CONCERN WAS THAT THE CENTER'S STOP SIGN WILL GO AWAY AND THEN THEY DON'T SEE IT. YEAH. I WAS JUST QUESTIONING HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE THAT. UH, THEY DON'T SEE FLASHING LIGHT, BUT I, I MEAN, I CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE A FLASHING, WE GOT THE EXTRA STEP OF PUTTING THE FLASHING STOP SIGN. IT'D BE A BETTER MARKING STREET MARKING, RIGHT? YEAH. CORRECT. NOW THE FLASHING WILL BE ONLY ON THE, ON THE, ON THE SIGNS THEMSELVES. YEAH. THAT FROM THE PICTURES. YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT THESE, THESE SIGNS, IT SAYS STOP AHEAD IS NOT GONNA BE A YELLOW FLASHING. WE HAVE, WE HAVE THEM PLANNED AS FLASHING AS WELL. UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT THEM. DON'T. OKAY. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THEY GONNA DO IT EITHER WAY. THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE IT. OKAY. I WAS THINKING OF THE YELLOW OH, OLD FLASHING BEACON. YEAH. YEAH. MM-HMM . BUT THAT'LL WORK. THEY GOT ONE OVER IN RICHWOOD THAT'S RED AND THE OUT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE FLASHING. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THE STOP SIGN GONNA BE. THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOKING AT. YEAH. THE STOP SIGN'S GONNA HAVE FLASHING UHS. YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT. YEAH. YEAH. AROUND IT AND STUFF. WHAT, WHAT KIND OF SIGNS WOULD BE ON SYCAMORE? JUST A TYPICAL STOP SIGN. JUST SO LIKE OUR NORMAL. YEAH. UM, I MEAN I HAVEN'T, I MEAN JUST TODAY I GOT AN, AN EMAIL ASKING ME WHAT THE PLAN WAS AND I SAID, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FACT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT TONIGHT MM-HMM . AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT THE STANDARD, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT CAME BACK FROM THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND I WENT AHEAD AND TOLD [01:05:01] 'EM IS THIS TRAFFIC STUDY DOESN'T SUPPORT IT. AND FOR COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, ONE THING IS GONNA BE, IS A TRAFFIC STUDY SUPPORTS IT AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS GONNA BE MONEY AND TIMING. OKAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. WE COULD GO FIND IT IF WE HAD TO. AND IN TIMING, I, I'M SURE I'M, I'M GUESSING THERE'S PROBABLY STILL BACKLOG ON, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, BUT, UH, I, UH, MODESTO DOESN'T WANNA SPEND THE MONEY. NO. WHEN YOU SAID FIND, I WAS LIKE AND, AND NOW I HAVE ONLY GOTTEN ONE, UH, ASKED ONE, ONE RESIDENT QUESTION THAT AREA FOR, I MEAN THAT, UH, PARTICULAR SITUATION THERE, I TOLD HER, UH, I TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS OUR PLAN WAS FOR THAT THING. SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT. WELL, I THINK, AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, CALLED AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A, WE GOT A STUDY THAT SAYS IT DOES, IT'S NOT NEEDED. IT DOES, IT'S NOT NEEDED. AND UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS. AND SO THAT STARTS QUESTIONING CAN WE JUSTIFY SPENDING THE EXTRA DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REQUIRED, UH, JUST TO APPEASE A SMALL PARTY POPULATION OR A STOP SIGNS HAVE SHOWN TO IT WORKS. AND WE WOULD BE IMPROVING THE SITUATION THERE IF IT EVER HAPPENS TO BECOME A PROBLEM. WELL, THAT WOULD BE YOUR CONSIDERATION THEN TO POSSIBLY, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS, I MEAN, THERE'S THINGS YOU CAN EVEN GO THROUGH THAT. I MEAN, YOU, IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN PUT ROMO STRIPS IN AND STUFF TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT SLOW DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN STUFF. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS YOU DON'T WANNA DO RIGHT AWAY. NO. UH, BUT I I, I THINK IT'S A, A PLAN FOR MYSELF. SO IT'S WHATEVER ELSE. EVERYBODY ELSE. OKAY. SO MAYOR, YOU'RE GONNA NEED AN ACTION. YOU DO? I WAS JUST THINKING IT DOESN'T SAY ACTION, IT JUST SAYS, YEAH. OKAY. I'LL GOT A MOTION ON ITEM UH, FOUR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, GO WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR INTER INTERSECTION CONTROL AT PLANTATION DRIVE IN SYCAMORE STREET. I'LL SECOND THE, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SETH. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SCHOOLER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. OKAY. ITEM [5. Approve the selection of three separate CMAR firms—Teal Construction, Broaddus Construction, and Crain Group for Step I of the CMAR selection for the renovation of the police and fire stations (The 2025 Public Safety Bond) and authorize the City Manager to move to Step II and request proposals from the shortlisted firms. – Sal Aguirre] FIVE, APPROVE THE SELECTION OF THREE SEPARATE CM AR FIRMS, UH, TILT CONSTRUCTION, BROADEST CONSTRUCTION AND CRANE GROUP FOR STEP ONE OF THE CMR SELECTION FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS, UH, TO AUTHORIZE THE MANAGER TO MOVE TO STEP TWO AND REQUEST PROPOSALS FOR SHORTLIST FIRMS. CORRECT. THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THE DELIVERY WAS, UH, REQUESTED TO BE ON THE CMAR TYPE OF DELIVERY SYSTEM, UH, JUST LIKE WE DID ON THE, UH, DOG SHELTER, NOT SHELTER, OH, NOT SHELTER, I'M SORRY, THE ANIMAL FACILITY. UH, AND THIS PARTICULAR THING IS FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS THAT, UH, THAT WAS IN A BOND ELECTION THERE, AND WE, UH, HAD A GOOD, UH, A GOOD COMPETITION ON THIS ONE. THERE WERE ABOUT 12 OF THE, UH, 12 OF THESE, UH, COMPANIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN INVESTING. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT IN SELECTING THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL GOOD. UH, WE FINALLY DECIDED ON THESE THREE FIRMS THAT YOU SEE THERE. AND, UH, NOW WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT, THAT YOU ACCEPT THEM AS, AS THE CHOSEN FIRMS FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, TYPE OF DELIVERY. AND THAT WE, AND THAT WE MOVE INTO STEP TWO, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE. UH, WE ALREADY PREPARED THE RF, UH, THE RFP FOR THESE THREE FIRMS. SO THEY CAN SUBMIT, UH, THEIR PROPOSALS. UH, IT'LL BE GOING OUT THERE. I MEAN, THEY'LL BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THEM SINCE THEY ARE THE CHOSEN ONES. AND FROM THERE ON, YOU KNOW, THE SELECTION OF THOSE RFP OR THE SELECTION OF THE RFP THAT IS GOING TO BE DOING THIS PROJECT OR TO PRO, THEY, THEY MAY BE TWO INDIVIDUAL. IT'S SET UP AS TWO INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING, UH, ON A ONE, ON A ONE SELECTION BASIS. ONE CASE THE ARCHITECT EXPLAINED WHAT ACTUALLY WE WOULD SEE IN STEP TWO, THE ARCHITECT WOULD PROBABLY COULD, UH, REPEAT THE QUESTION. , CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL, UH, ACTUALLY WHAT, UH, WE WILL SEE IN, UH, STATE STEP TWO? STEP TWO, BY MY UNDERSTANDING BY THE DOCUMENTS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. UH, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT RESPONDENTS MAY CHARGE A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE FOR THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. THEY MAY ALSO CHARGE A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE FOR THEIR OVERHEAD AND PROFIT IN GENERAL CONDITIONS. AND SO SINCE THIS IS NOT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, YOU MAY ALL RATE THEM ACCORDING TO [01:10:01] THAT AND GRADE THEM ACCORDING TO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE, WE HAD, UH, USED ALL THREE OF THE CONTRACTORS. UH, NO, WE HAVE NOT USED ANY OF THESE CONTRACTORS. THEY'RE A LARGE FIRM PRIMARILY. I KNOW THAT TEAL, UH, WAS THE ONE THAT DID THE, UH, THE SCHOOL OVER HERE ACROSS, UH, ACROSS HEB. THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THAT CONSTRUCTION BACK, BACK IN THOSE DAYS. THE ONE TIME THEY WERE THE, UH, UH, CHOICE OF THE B UH, BI S THE, UM, SCHOOL, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION WASN'T ON THE SECOND, SECOND GO AROUND. THEY'RE USED TO OTHER FIRMS, BUT T WAS INVOLVED IN THAT ONE. THE OTHER TWO, OUR LARGE COMPANIES TOO. BUT, UH, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OR WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN FROM 12 TO THREE AND CORRECT. WE'RE GONNA SAY WE'RE OKAY WITH THESE THREE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA NARROW IT DOWN TO WHAT, THAT'S PHASE TWO. WELL, EITHER ONE OR TWO, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE. OKAY. CORRECT. SO YOU NEED SOME ACTION ON THIS, MR. RIO? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, TAKING, UH, MOTION ON ITEM FIVE, MR. MAYOR, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT YEAH, GO AHEAD MR. MAYOR. UH, UH, THEY APPROVED THE SELECTION OF THREE SEPARATE CON CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS, RISK FIRMS, STEEL CONSTRUCTION, FOREST CONSTRUCTION, AND CRANE GROUP FOR STEP ONE OF THE CMAR, SELECTION OF THE RENOVATION OF THE POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS AS REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HANYA. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. BUELL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I DON'T SEE EDDIE, SO I GUESS YOU CAN BE EDDIE, HUH? [6. Discuss and consider approving the closing Change Order in the amount of $27,774.00 to fund extra work for the spot repairs project. – Eddie Herrera ] ITEM SIX. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE CLOSING CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,774, UH, TO FUND EXTRA WORK FOR THIS SPOT REPAIR PROJECT. UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS PART OF THE ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THE SECOND PHASE OF THE, UH, SPOT REPAIRS, UH, PROJECT, UH, THIS DOES NOT, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE $8 MILLION THAT WAS RECENTLY VOTED ON, ON THAT. WE HAVE STARTED ON THAT PROCESS THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE ENGINEERING PHASE OF ONE OF THOSE, UH, ONE OF THOSE TRANCHES OF CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, PROJECTS THERE. UH, THIS ONE COMPLETES THAT, UH, MILLION AND A HALF, WHICH WAS LESS THAN A HALF, MILLION AND A HALF. IT WAS IN THE $850,000 RANGE THAT WE AWARDED CONTRACT. UH, WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU, YOU GAVE US THAT, UH, ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET IT UP TO A ONE $1 MILLION. UH, I SAY NOT TO UH, EXCEED AMOUNT, BUT AS WE WERE DOING THE PROJECTS, WE WERE INCLUDING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT HAD TO BE AS PART OF THE ONES THAT WERE BEING, UH, WORKED ON. THEY HAD TO BE DONE AT THAT SAME TIME IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD TRANSITION AND A GOOD, UH, DRAINAGE TRANSITION BETWEEN, UH, ON THE GUTTER LINES. SO WE KEPT ON ADDING AS AS MUCH AS WE COULD. WE ALSO PUT IN PART OF THIS ADDITIONAL MONIES WERE USED FOR A ROOT BARRIER THAT WE FOUND WAS DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS, WHETHER THERE IS A MEDIAN ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE PAVEMENTS THERE. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN SOME ADDITIONAL ROOT BARRIERS SO THAT THAT WOULD STOP THAT PARTICULAR, UH, CONDITION FROM, FROM UH, CONTINUING. SO THE TOTAL, UH, AFTER EVERYTHING WAS SAID AND DONE, WE HAD 1,000,020 7,774 AS A FINAL, FINAL AMOUNT PAID. AND, UH, SEE, SO THE A HUNDRED THOU, IT WAS IT, I EXCEEDED THE $1 MILLION PRO, UH, CON, UH, CONTRACT THAT YOU ALLOWED US, THAT LEAVES THOSE WITH 27 74 THAT WE HAVE TO NOW COVER. OKAY. SO WE STARTED OUT WITH A DO NOT EXCEED A MILLION, AND THEN BECAUSE OF OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP, THE PRICE WENT UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 185,000, IS THAT RIGHT? YES. AND WE DID ALSO OTHER PROJECTS THAT, UH, WERE CALLED IN BY DIFFERENT INTERESTED PARTIES ABOUT PROJECTS THEY HAD SEEN. SO WE WENT OUT AHEAD AND WELL, YOU HAD A TORN APART, GO AND FIX IT. OH, YES, CORRECT. SINCE WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR HERE, THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB, THEY WERE DOING A FAST JOB, WE DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT CONDITION. SO WHO IS THE CONTRACTOR BY CHANCE? HGI. ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE BASICALLY WANTING US TO APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER COST OF 27,000? YES. [01:15:01] FOR EXCEEDING THAT AMOUNT, BUT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? NOPE. NONE. I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLOSING CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,774 TO FUND EXTRA WORK FOR THE SPOT REPAIRS PROJECT. SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION FOR COUNCILWOMAN SETH. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NIA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO THIS ONE . I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE OVER THIS ONE. [7. Quarterly Financial Update. – James Bryson ] ALL RIGHT. UH, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATE. QUARTERLY. SO THIS WOULD, SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE END OF DECEMBER, THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, UH, FISCAL YEAR. SO YOUR FIRST REPORT'S THE, UM, MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORT, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE MUCH MOVED FROM THE ONE 1 MILLION, ONE 18 FROM FIRST QUARTER OR THE FINAL QUARTER OF 25 TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 26, BUT I ACTUALLY MOVED $4 MILLION OUT OF TAX PULL INTO FIRST NATIONAL TO COVER EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR. BUT THEN RIGHT AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE RECEIVED THE ECON, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PAYMENT OF ABOUT 3.6 MILLION AND WE GOT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. SO THAT BROUGHT UP THAT UP RIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE GOT $4 MILLION. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT INCREASE TO 6 MILLION ON THE, UH, FIRST NATIONAL BANK ACCOUNT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT OTHERWISE, UM, THE BALANCES REALLY DID NOT FLUCTUATE VERY MUCH. AND WITH REGARDS TO THAT, ON THE SECOND PAGE, WITH REVENUES, YOU KNOW, FIRST QUARTER YOU'D EXPECT EVERYTHING TO BE AT LEAST AT 25%. UM, THE EXCEPTION WOULD BE PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE YOU'D HOPE FOR MOST OF THAT IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, RIGHT AFTER WE RECEIVED THE PAYMENT, A PROPERTY TAX IN JAN, UH, DECEMBER THE NEXT MONTH, TWO DAYS LATER ON JANUARY 2ND, WE GOT THREE AND A HALF MILLION FROM PROPERTY TAXES. SO MOST OF IT HIT IN JANUARY INSTEAD OF THE FIRST QUARTER. UM, SALES TAX, UH, MODESTO AND I LOOKED AT THAT LAST WEEK. THEY'RE FLAT. THERE WAS ONE COMPANY IN PARTICULAR THAT WAS DOWN A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE AMOUNT IS THAT WE'RE DOWN. YEAH, ONE COMPANY, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAILS, BUT HE KNOWS WHICH ONE IT IS. AND SO, UM, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WE WERE AWARE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE SHORT A LITTLE BIT. SO YOU'LL SEE IT'S AT 47%. TYPICALLY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 50% OF BUDGET FOR THE END OF DECEMBER BECAUSE WE GET PAYMENT IN DECEMBER AND JAN IN UH, JUNE. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE SHY, BUDGETED FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS FAIRLY IN LINE. FINES AND FEES FOR COURTS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. IT'S BEEN TRENDING DOWN FOR A WHILE NOW. UM, THAT SHOULD BEEN AT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 25%, THEY'RE AT ABOUT 20%. AND, UM, INTEREST, THE ONLY REASON IT'S LOW IS BECAUSE THE WAY OUR SYSTEM WORKS, THE INTEREST THAT WE ACCRUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY, IT WON'T HIT THE SYSTEM UNTIL WE CLOSE OUR BOOKS. WE WON'T CLOSE THEIR BOOKS UNTIL WE FINISH THE AUDIT IN MARCH. SO YOU'LL SEE A, A BIG BUMP IN MARCH WHEN WE GET THE, THE INTEREST EARNINGS WILL HIT THAT ACCOUNT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS AT 25%, WHICH IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE. GREAT. UH, R WHY IS THE GRANT LINE AT ZERO MR. GREENS? YEAH, EVERYTHING'S BEEN, I ASKED, I ASK ERIC EVERY DAY. FEMA PROMISES, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE THIS WEEK FOR QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. EVERYBODY'S TELLING US. EVERYBODY'S TELLING US THEY'VE OBLIGATED. YEAH. OKAY. NO ONE'S SIGNING EMAIL FROM SENATOR THAT YEAH. CHECK IS THERE. CHECK IS THERE. YEAH. YEAH. NO, EVERY TIME I LOOK, UM, I ASKED ACTUALLY, UM, DCMC TO TELL US EXACTLY HOW MUCH HAS BEEN OBLIGATED SO FAR. 'CAUSE WE GET LETTERS ALL THE TIME. UM, SALES TAX, LIKE I SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FLAT FOR US RIGHT NOW. WE'LL GET, UM, CHRISTMAS IN WHAT FEBRUARY? IT'S TWO, IT FALLS TWO MONTHS BEHIND. SO IN FEBRUARY WE'LL HAVE CHRISTMAS NUMBERS TO SEE HOW CHRISTMAS TURNED OUT FOR US. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE. AND CIVIC CENTER'S DOING WELL, REVENUES WISE. UM, REC CENTER AS WELL. PAYROLL, UM, IT SEEMED LOW MODESTO QUESTION THAT I ASKED TRICIA AND IT TO LOOK AT THE REPORT. ALL THE, UM, PAY PERIODS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR. I DID RUN IT AT THE END OF FRIDAY FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND EVERYTHING WAS AT 33%. SO, UM, WE ARE ON TRACK NOW FOR EXPENDITURES ON PAYROLL. IF IT SEEMED A LITTLE LOW FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, [01:20:01] IT, IT'S CAUGHT UP FOR THE, UH, OKAY. WHERE IT SHOULD BE. SOMETIMES THERE'S A TIMING WITH THE, WHEN THE AUDIT, WHEN THE ACCOUNT, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT PUTS SOME OF THE ENTRIES IN. I BELIEVE. UH, SAME THING WITH PAYROLL OVERTIME, 25%. IT'S A LITTLE HIGH FOR THE FIRST QUARTER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS EVENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR CHRISTMAS. BUT IT USUALLY, IT TRENDS DOWN AFTER THAT EVENT. WATER, WASTEWATER SALES, THEY'RE RIGHT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. UM, ON THE METERS YOU CAN SEE WESLEY'S VERY PROUD OF HER RECORDS, SO SHE LIKES TO WRITE A LITTLE NOTES ON HER SIDE. . UM, SO DECEMBER WAS 192 WAS A RECORD NUMBER OF METERS THAT THE GENTLEMAN REPLACED. IS THAT THAT, TELL HER THAT. JUST SET THE STANDARD NOW. OH, WELL THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE RECORDS DID. THEY SET STANDARDS. THE UH, UM, THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL AVERAGE BILL RIGHT NOW, SO SHE'S VERY PROUD OF THAT. YEP. THERE'S 22 COMMERCIAL AVERAGE BILLS. WE HAVE ALL THE METERS IN TO REPLACE THEM. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WORKING WITH THE DE THE BUSINESSES ON WEEKENDS AND AFTER HOURS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE WORK SCHEDULE MEAN THAT'S WHAT'S TAKEN SO LONG. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY IT'S, THIS NUMBER'S BEEN THE SAME SO IT'S TAKEN SO LONG FOR THE METERS TO COME IN. WELL THE METERS TOOK 90 DAYS TO AT LEAST, IT WAS QUITE A, QUITE A WHILE AND THERE ARE NO MORE HERSHEY'S LEFT. WE WERE DOWN TO ONE. IT WAS LIKE THE LITTLE ONE THAT WAS SITTING OUT THERE AND SHE FINALLY GOT THAT ONE TODAY. SO SHE CAME IN MY OFFICE RUNNING IN TO SAY WE, WE FINISHED A HERSHEY PROJECT FROM 2020. SO YEAH, I BEAT MR. NEY. DID YOU HEAR THAT? THERE ARE NO MORE HERSHEY METERS? YEAH. WATCH, UM, HOTEL OCCUPANCIES HOLDING STRONG. IT'S DOING QUITE WELL. AND THEN WITH BONDS, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU HAVE LOVELY ON US SPREADSHEET THAT SHE PUTS OUT THERE ON THE WEB FOR US AND JOSE, I MEAN, AND SAL GIVES US A UPDATE LIKE EVERY OTHER COUNCIL MEETING, BUT NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITIES. SOME THINGS LIKE THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IS STALLED AND, BUT STREET PANELS ARE STILL GOING STRONG AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING OUT FOR BID WITH THE POLICE AND FIRE BOND MONEY AS WELL. SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS WITH ANY PARTICULAR REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE REQUEST? NO, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. NO, WE'RE DOING GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEET THE DEADLINE FOR MARCH AND I'LL BE THAT'S RIGHT, RIGHT UP THERE. YOU CAN TAKE A VACATION. YEAH. YEAH. ONE DAY. THAT DEPENDS ON MY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. [8. New Business Updates – David Walton ] UH, NEW BUSINESS. AH, DAVID, YOU HAVE MORE HAIR? YES, WE, WE HAD UH, VERY SMALL UPDATES SO I LET DAVID, UH, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE EVENING OFF. UH, WE ONLY HAVE TWO UPDATES FROM THE LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED LAST MEETING. AND THAT IS, UH, HURRICANE GRILL AND WINGS. THEREBY THE, OUR RESEARCH CENTER HAS GOTTEN THEIR CO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THEM TO OPEN, UH, BY VALENTINE'S DAY. AND WE ALSO HAVE BAYOU CRAB AND JUICY SEAFOOD IN THE ACADEMY PARKING LOT. UH, THAT, THAT TOOK THE SPOT OF TONY'S TABLE. UH, ALL THEY NEEDED WAS A NEW HEALTH CERTIFICATION. THEY CLEANED UP, THEY'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND HAVE GOTTEN GOOD REVIEWS FROM STAFF ON, ON THAT FACILITY. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT SEVEN BROTHER? SEVEN? YOU DIDN'T SAY ABOUT SEVEN? NO, NO CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAD LAST MEETING. THEY'RE NOT OPEN YET. THEY'RE STILL WRAPPING THINGS. WELL THEY, THEY WORKING REAL FAST OVER THERE. YEAH. . YES SIR. UNLIKE THE APARTMENT BUILDING. WANT I SAID UNLIKE THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS BY UP EASTER STILL GOING? YEP. OKAY. THEY TOOK THEIR SIGN DOWN. THAT IS TRUE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, AND CITY [9. Staff updates] MANAGER STAFF UPDATES, ANYTHING? UH, YES. THE UPCOMING CIP MEETING IN APRIL, UH, USUALLY WE, WE HAD IN THE PAST, UM, A SEPARATE WORKSHOP. RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN EXTENSIVE LIST, ESPECIALLY ON THE UTILITY SIDE. YOU SAW THE MASTER PLAN, IT'LL BE JUST A REPEAT OF JUST PULLING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS IN. WE HAD A QUESTION OF DO YOU WANT A SEPARATE DAY AS A WORKSHOP OR WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE A FIVE O'CLOCK, UH, UH, WORKSHOP AND UPDATE WHERE WE CAN SHOW YOU SOMETHING? [01:25:02] WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. I THINK IT'S THE SAME DAY. IT'S JUST, I MEAN WE DID SAME DAY MAKES, I KNOW IT MAKES LONG. LAST YEAR WE DID CIP WAS SHORTLIST TOO, SO IT'S, I KNOW IT MAKES SOMETIMES FOR A LONG COUNCIL MEETING, BUT IF WE DO THAT THEN WE'LL TRY TO, UH, SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A SHORTER COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT. BUT WHAT IS THAT? UM, IT WOULD BE, UH, WHAT ARE THE TWO DATES? UH, IN APRIL? I THINK IT WOULD FALL ON THE 20TH. THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE ON THE 20TH. SEE APRIL IS BEFORE MAY. OKAY. I GOTTA GO TO THAT MEETING. YOU DO HAVE TO GO. IT WOULD BE EITHER APRIL THE SIXTH, WHICH IS THE FIRST MEETING OR APRIL THE 20TH. OKAY. DOES COUNSEL HAVE A PREFERENCE? EITHER ONE. GO THIS. OKAY, THEN WE'LL PUT OUT, WE'LL PICK ONE OF THOSE. ONE, YEAH, ONE HERE. OKAY. AS A FIVE FIVE, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON TO HAVE IT. SAME COUNSEL. IT'S EASY TO BE SURE EVERYBODY'S HERE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO SIR. UPDATES. OKAY. AND ACTIONS WE'VE GOT, SHERRY'S GOT A BUNCH OF WORK TO BRING BACK. SHERRY HAS, UH, ONE AND THEN WE'LL BE ALSO PUTTING A SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER, UM, TO WORK WITH MR. UH, JO. I HAD ONE LITTLE THING. SO THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON RIGHT THERE AND FRONT THERE. MM-HMM . BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL ON. THEY'RE NOT? NO. LIKE ONE OF THEM'S HALF OFF, LIKE HALF OF IT'S BURNT OUT ON THE BODEGA SIDE, THE FIXTURE FOR OH, SO THAT MAY BE A FIXTURE. YEAH. OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL REPORT THAT. OKAY. OKAY. NOTHING ELSE SIR. OKAY. AND OKAY. UH, [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ] ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? UH, MR. BAKER? NO SIR. MR. SCHOOLER? NO SIR. YOU MAY, SIR. MR. SHANYA, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, THANK YOU FOR FREQUENT. THE SIDEWALK BY PLANTATION NORTH PARK LOOKS VERY NICE. FINALLY. YEAH, THE TRIPPING HAZARD WAS GONE NOW, SO THANK YOU. UM, ON THIS ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY, UH, I MEAN WHAT'S HOLDING UP THE, I MEAN, WE HIRED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TO AVOID THESE ISSUES, SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON. UH, THE ISSUE WAS NOT THE CONTRACTOR, THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE PLANS. RIGHT. BECAUSE HE SAID, SO WE FINALLY GOT SEEN AND SIGNED PLANS. WE JUST WAITING FOR THE PRINT. SO IT SHOULD BE COMING TOMORROW, SOMETIME THIS WEEK SO CONTRACTOR CAN START MOVING ON. OKAY. THE ISSUE WAS WHAT THEY BILL, THE PLAN DOESN'T REPLACE THAT. SO OUR ENGINEER CAME AND STOPPED. THE PROJECT ARCHITECT CAME AND UH, AND BASICALLY CONTRACTOR SAID, I AM NOT MOVING FORWARD UNLESS I GET A EXACT PLAN. WHAT, WHAT IS, SO THE WINDSTORM ISSUE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF? YES. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S THE LAST I HEARD WAS THERE WAS STILL WINDSTORM ISSUE GOING ON. YES. SO NOW WE GET A CERTIFIED PLANS. OKAY. SO WE JUST WAITING FOR THE PRINTOUT TO COME EITHER TOMORROW OR DAY AFTER TOMORROW. SO CONTRACTOR CAN START. BUT IT'S NOT THE CONTRACTOR'S? NO, IT'S NOT THE CONTRACTOR. ACTUALLY WE TOOK ANY OTHER CONTRACTOR PROBABLY GONNA BE ASKING FOR MONEY, BUT HE'S NOT. HE UNDERSTAND WE ARE, HE HAS A FIXED BUDGET. SO THE LAST THING IS, UH, TRAFFIC. UM, IT'S GETTING REALLY HARD FOR FOLKS TO DRIVE SPEED LIMIT IN LAKE JACKSON. YOU ALMOST GOTTA RUN OVER TRYING TO, UH, DRIVE SPEED LIMITS. SO I KNOW CHIEF IS, UH, LIMITED ON HOW WHAT IT CAN DO CAN BE SET EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME. BUT I JUST WANNA BRING THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION TO THE COUNCIL AND THEY'RE RUNNING RED LIGHTS. SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT AND UH, THEY'RE REALLY, UM, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM. SPEEDING. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, MR. ELL? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. UH, LET'S SEE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING. NO. OKAY. NO SIR. OKAY. ANYBODY? [EXECUTIVE SESSION] OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUT OF REGULAR SESSION INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7 57. ME. THIS IS DESK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.